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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Survival on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Survival games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 2 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 3 | DayZ | $292.9M | 384.8K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | $1.4M | 95% | 63% | $617.7M |
| 2025 | 95 | $2.1M | 93% | 64% | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 106 | $1.2M | 84% | 51% | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 80 | $864.4K | 80% | 46% | $541.5M |
| 2022 | 67 | $831.4K | 72% | 48% | $650.7M |
| 2021 | 94 | $480.8K | 67% | 36% | $512.5M |
| 2020 | 95 | $501.3K | 69% | 40% | $772M |
| 2019 | 82 | $796.1K | 67% | 48% | $640.2M |
| 2018 | 76 | $863.7K | 67% | 47% | $1.6B |
| 2017 | 75 | $219.7K | 55% | 35% | $575.9M |
| 2016 | 100 | $444.6K | 65% | 42% | $752.1M |
| 2015 | 71 | $702.9K | 65% | 46% | $590.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Survival launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $255.1M |
| 408.8K |
| 83% |
| $39.99 |
| 5 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 6 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 7 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 8 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Far Cry® 5 | $179.2M | 171.5K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 13 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 14 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $165.8M | 102.4K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 16 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Deep Rock Galactic | $152.2M | 301.5K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 19 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 21 | Resident Evil 4 | $136M | 266.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 22 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 23 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Left 4 Dead 2 | $121.5M | 806.5K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Resident Evil 2 | $114.8M | 218.1K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Risk of Rain 2 | $113.9M | 238.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 27 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | $107.3M | 105.6K | 80% | $49.99 |
| 28 | The Last of Us™ Part I | $102.6M | 106.4K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 29 | Frostpunk | $97M | 136.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 30 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 31 | Dead Space | $92M | 60.8K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 32 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Bloons TD 6 | $88.3M | 391.1K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 34 | theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | $86.4M | 200.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | $82.3M | 154.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.5K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 38 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 39 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 40 | Subnautica 2 | $71.1M | 123.1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Jurassic World Evolution | $70.8M | 48.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 42 | R.E.P.O. | $70.2M | 329.8K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 43 | Days Gone | $67.5M | 81.7K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Scrap Mechanic | $63.1M | 118.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 46 | Fallout 76 | $63.1M | 77.5K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 47 | ICARUS | $62.8M | 53.2K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 48 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 49 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 50 | The Isle | $59.9M | 116.5K | 80% | $19.99 |